Charles Wang has asked a Manhattan judge to move Andrew Barroway's lawsuit to a Nassau County court because that's where the Islanders' owner lives and the team is based.

Barroway says he filed the lawsuit -- in which he accuses Wang of backing out of a deal to sell him the Islanders -- in state Supreme Court in Manhattan because that's what was stipulated in their purchase agreement.

The Islanders last week announced that Wang has agreed to sell a minority share of the team to a pair of businessmen, Jonathan Ledecky and Scott Malkin, who will take over majority control from Wang in two years. The deal is pending approval by the NHL's Board of Governors.